Saudi Arabia wins 2029 Asian Winter Games host – Middle East Monitor

Saudi Arabia has won a bid to host the Asian Winter Games in the megacity of NEOM, scheduled for 2029, becoming the first Arab and Middle Eastern country to do so.

The development was announced by Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Sports, Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, on Twitter, saying, “With unrestricted support from Saudi Arabia’s leadership and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, [Mohammed bin Salman] We are proud to announce to the Sports Division that we have won the bid to host AWG TROJENA2029 as the first country in West Asia. ”

We are proud to announce that Saudi Arabia has won the bid to host AWG TROJENA2029 as the first country in West Asia with unrestricted support to the sports sector by the Saudi leadership and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.sports country pic.twitter.com/GtV6OhxRhW

— ” October 4, 2022

The decision comes after Saudi Arabia submitted a letter to the Olympic Council of Asia wishing to host the event for the 10th time.sporting events troyena Aiming for completion in 2026, it is a mountain resort equipped with facilities such as a year-round ski village, an artificial freshwater lake, and a nature reserve.

The mountain resort will be part of Saudi Arabia’s planned NEOM project, funded primarily through a $500 billion allocation by the Kingdom’s Public Investment Fund. This is clearly a technologically advanced and green megacity, attracting investments and businesses from all corners. world.

NEOM Chief Executive Officer Nadhmi Al-Nasr said, “Trojena has the right infrastructure to create a winter atmosphere in the heart of the desert to make this Winter Games an unprecedented global event. It will have structure.”

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